Just checking in to see if things have gotten any better in r.a.p. (They haven't). Have a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and probably the rest of the 2008 holidays as well. - Steve Foley

I'm currently in "ground school" and hope to begin my actual flight instruction soon. I will need to keep a close eye on the costs involved. Some classmates are tossing around the idea of us purchasing a plane as a group, doing our training, and then selling the plane. When our training...

TRACK SANTA ONLINE Beginning at 0900Z on December 24 you can track Santa live online at www.NoradSanta.org as he makes his annual round-the-world flight. "Santa has had to adapt over the years to having less and less time to deliver his toys," states the Web site, which is run by the North...

I find myself holding a 747 transponder control head that I bought on eBay as a toy for the kids. But, with echos of Spinal Tap's guitarist in my head, I notice that the selector knobs allow the digits 0 thru 8 to be selected. What gives?

Lots of posters here have fun bashing MX, but I have to say that one of the more enjoyable experiences I've had lately was sitting in the family room, in front of the PC. I am working on my instrument ticket. Ove the years I have collected the CH yoke and footpedals. I have downloaded a flight...

The 2007 Nall Report is out: http://download.aopa.org/epilot/2007/07nall.pdf But I'm having a hard time believing the numbers presented in Figure 35 on page 24 (which is explained in the first paragraph on page 25). I'm pretty confident that there are more than 2,972 registered experimental...

Does being cleared for this arrival automatically give you clearance to enter Class B airspace or do you need to hear "Cleared to enter Class B airspace" as well. Ron Lee

View it he http://videoontheweb.faa.gov/aviation_industry/ADS-B.asx Initially, airlines will be exempt from ADS-B mandate; General Aviation will be required to pay for ADS-B first. There are 219,780 general aviation aircraft (66 percent of them piston-engine singles). There are 19,382 air...

Attention social workers,doctors,non profits,etc. Take advantage of a program offered by American Consultants Rx that my agency has been using for the past 3 years.ACRX is donating discount prescription cards to organizations in need of providing prescription assistance to those in need in the...

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Dead in the winter, and 100LL is averaging $4.63/gallon at airnav.com, higher than this summer. This is a first. I try to be optimistic about flying and all, but it increasingly looks like we'll have an average $5.5/gal summer in 2008.

Hi guys. I'm new to the Bay Area and looking forward to getting up in the air. I'm a private pilot, looking to rent 172s, 182s or equivalents, possibly building up to slightly bigger things at some point. I'll probably only fly 5-7 hours a month or so. I'll be living in the city. Also, I'd like...

Hello, my friend is ceremoniously collecting various airindia miniature plane models and is short of the miniature tigermoth which also happened to be one of the flights flown by his father. I would appreciate if any of the esteemed readers could point a direction to were I could get one ? or if...

A buddy of mine recorded some History Channel show and I watched it. The show was "Dogfight", and this episode was on P-51s fighting ME109s, FW190, ME262s, and some Japanese planes. In one recreation, a P51 pilot has an unusual ME109 chasing him. The plane is actually out performing his P51 --...

Here you will find the full text of this historic book: http://www.archive.org/details/practicalaviatio00whitrich Practical aviation for military airmen () Author: White, James Andrew, 1889- PRACTICAL AVIATION including Construction and Operation By

My trip from EKY to MBO on Tuesday. One has to love that IA rating as it's quite amazing how to go from VMC to IMC in such a short distance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPIUS0xAF_4 http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N1943L/history/20071218/1947Z/KEKY/KMBO Rest of my aviation related videos...

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/2007_ice_storm.htm ' (That would be "www dot alexisparkinn dot com forward slash 2007_ice_storm dot htm" for you guys on browsers that truncate links...) As you can see, things got pretty slick around here. And this group's own NW Pilot chose this week to visit! ...

"Jamie and Adam take wing to test if a person with no flight training can safely land an airplane and if a plane can take off from a conveyor belt speeding in the opposite direction. Tory, Grant, and Kari jump on some Hollywood-inspired skydiving myths." Quoted from the Discovery channel...

I'm not a huge fan of Dubya, but I gotta give him credit... Today he signed the bill raising the mandatory retirement age to 65 for pilots. The "Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act" is now a law. Long overdue IMHO - interestingly enough ALPA changed their stance on the issue and only the APA...

What are the kit or plans built planes that people use for aerobatics?